These screening protocols have recently been updated and are for use by Vision Hearing Technicians (VHTs) and other health professionals who are part of the National Vision Hearing Screening Programme.
This document describes the screening process and is not a training manual. VHTs need to have completed the National Certificate in Vision and Hearing Screening and meet the competencies described in this document.
These protocols should be read in conjunction with the Well Child / Tamariki Ora Programme Practitioner’s Handbook 2013 and the Well Child/Tamariki Ora National Schedule.
A training video has been filmed to provide an online resource for VHTs to enable them to demonstrate best practice in the delivery of the vision and hearing screening programme. The video should be used in conjunction with the training that Vision and Hearing Technicians have as part of their ongoing competencies.
National Vision and Hearing Screening Protocols training videos
Transcript
National Vision and Hearing Screening Protocols 2014
Introduction by Pat Tuohy, Chief Advisor, Child and Youth Health, Ministry of Health.
Pat Tuohy: Vision and hearing screening are a core part of the Well Child Tamariki Ora Programme. It's a screening programme, which means that we're not here to diagnose children, but we're here to identify children who have a significant vision or hearing problem, so that we can refer them, and they can get the help they need.
This training video has been filmed to provide an online resource for vision and hearing technicians to enable them to demonstrate its practice and the delivery of the vision and hearing screening programme. And it's not a training manual. It's got to be used in conjunction with the training that all the vision and hearing technicians have as part of their ongoing competencies.
Publishing information
- Publication date
- Citation
Ministry of Health. 2021. National Vision and Hearing Screening Protocols: Revised 2021. Wellington: Ministry of Health.
- ISBN
- 978-1-99-100787-2 (online)
- HP number
- 7960
- Copyright status
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Owned by the Ministry of Health and licensed for reuse under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence.
